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TV Anchor's Angry Off-Camera Meltdown Leaked. Watch Viral Video

Offbeat | Written By Meghna Nijhawan | Friday September 22, 2017

The host of MSNBC's 'Last Word' Lawrence O'Donnell has apologised after a footage leaked from the show's August 28 taping showed the anchor having a profanity-filled behind-the-scenes meltdown.

Oops! News Anchor Picks Up Stack Of Papers Instead Of iPad, Remains Unfazed

Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant | Wednesday September 20, 2017

It has been four years since BBC News presenter Simon McCoy went live on air holding a stack of A4 papers instead of an iPad but his employers haven't forgotten the flub and aren't letting him forget it either.

Fox News Commentator Says In Lawsuit She Was Raped By TV Anchor

World News | Reuters | Wednesday September 20, 2017

Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing the television anchor Charles Payne of raping her and the network of retaliating against her when she reported the event to Fox's lawyers.

Confused By Cameras, News Anchor Runs Across Studio In Hilarious Goof-Up

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Wednesday September 13, 2017

Today in problems that come with live news, a TV presenter was seen dashing across the studio during the opening of his bulletin.

Hurricane Harvey: Woman Interrupts Reporter On Live TV To Hand Him Beers

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Tuesday August 29, 2017

A Texas woman's kind yet confusing gesture towards a journalist covering a report about Hurricane Harvey is bringing joy to many. The video shows the news anchor, drenched while doing his job, being interrupted by the woman only to be handed a six-pack of beers.

Watch: Anchor Upstaged By Toddler On Live TV

Offbeat | Written By Meghna Nijhawan | Thursday August 24, 2017

A lunchtime news segment on milk allergies in children quickly turned into something else when a handful toddler took over the show by climbing on to the anchor's desk.

Surviving TV Channels Who Are Government Mouthpieces

Opinion | Derek O'Brien | Sunday July 2, 2017

These are strange times for the media and for political messaging. Some television channels have become mouthpieces for the government. Alternative voices are drowned out and shouted down by the anchor himself or herself, not necessarily by official BJP spokespersons.

Dog Interrupts News Show For 15 Seconds Of Fame. Video Seen By 3 Million

Offbeat | Written By Meghna Nijhawan | Tuesday May 23, 2017

A news reader was presenting a report about a demolition in Moscow when something under her desk startled her. The shocked anchor turned around to find an enthusiastic black labrador dying to get some air time.

TV Anchor Fights Tears After Finding Out On Air Channel Is Being Shut

Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant | Thursday May 11, 2017

An Israeli television news anchor got tearful reporting her own show's sudden cancellation on air. Geula Even fought back tears after learning it would be her last show on Israel's Channel One after the government abruptly decided to shut it down.

After 'Daydreaming' Anchor Goes Viral, Journalists Share Their 'Oops' Moments

Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant | Tuesday April 11, 2017

Many journalists took to Twitter to share their own on-air bloopers in solidarity with Natasha Exelby, a news presenter at Australia's ABC 24 channel. A clip of her being caught off-guard while daydreaming on live TV recently went viral.

Watch: Anchor Caught Daydreaming On Live TV, You Cannot Miss Her Reaction

Offbeat | Written By Meghna Nijhawan | Monday April 10, 2017

Newsreaders tend to relax, check their phones when they are in between news reports during news bulletins. Most of them stand by in time to read the next report on the bulletin. But that didn't happen with Natasha Exelby.

Amazon Echo Orders Dollhouses in Several Homes After Hearing Command on TV

Tasneem Akolawala | Monday January 9, 2017

This mishap has raised concerns on the use of voice commands assistants, and suggested measures are now being advised to avoid such instances in the future.

Anchor Who Broke Down On TV While Reporting On Syrian Boy Is All Of Us

World News | Amrita Kohli | Friday August 19, 2016

While reporting on the heartbreaking footage of Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy who survived a military airstrike in Aleppo, CNN anchor Kate Bolduan lost her composure and broke down on air.

TV Anchor Slips At Top Of Waterfall, Plunges 185 Feet To Her Death

World News | Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post | Monday July 25, 2016

A Georgia television news anchor, Taylor Terrell of 41NBC in Macon, Ga., was killed Thursday after she was swept over a waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, N.C.

Mexican Anchor Crosses Swords With Donald Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 13, 2016

It featured drama and tension fit for a telenovela: A bouffant-haired, billionaire-turned-politician clashing with a famous TV journalist intent on getting answers.

Donald Trump Calls For Boycott Of Woman TV Anchor Megyn Kelly

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 19, 2016

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called for boycott of a popular television anchor who has been critical of his policies and rhetoric, drawing widespread condemnation.

TV Anchor Nirosha, 23, Commits Suicide in Hyderabad While on Skype Call

Uma Sudhir | Thursday March 17, 2016

Nirosha's father K Radhakrishna, a resident of Chittoor, has however said that his daughter might have killed herself because of severe stomach ache that she often suffered. Nirosha was an anchor with Telugu music channel Gemini and has earlier worked with other news channels as well

Anchors Worried As Chinese TV Employs Robot As Weather Reporter

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 24, 2015

For the first time, a Chinese news channel has employed an artificial intelligence robot as a weather reporter on its live breakfast show, raising concerns among the country's journalists as it could threaten their jobs.

TV Anchor Mistakes Video Game Footage for Russian Airstrikes in Syria

World News | Abby Phillip, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 14, 2015

Controversial Egyptian television anchor Ahmed Moussa is known to throw caution - and sometimes facts - to the wind. To the amusement of his many critics online, his latest on-air misstep was no exception.

US TV Anchor Recalls Horror of Colleagues' On-Air Murder

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday August 27, 2015

Kimberly McBroom, who was anchoring the morning news show on WDBJ when two of her colleagues were gunned down on-air, says that even after she heard "popping sounds," murder did not occur to her.

Donald Trump's Female Fans Shrug off 'Blood' Comment About TV Host

World News | Reuters | Wednesday August 12, 2015

It's easy to find female fans of Donald Trump in this cluster of former factory towns in the hills west of New York City even after his comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly that have been widely interpreted as referring to her menstrual cycle.

China State TV Host Apologises for Insulting Mao Zedong

World News | Reuters | Thursday April 9, 2015

An anchor on China's main state broadcaster, CCTV, apologised on Thursday after a video of him insulting the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, went viral on social media sites, sparking an investigation by the channel.

Russian Army TV Offers to Hire Ex-'Top Gear' Host Jeremy Clarkson

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 26, 2015

Russia's Zvezda television, a channel run by the defence ministry, unexpectedly revealed today that it has offered a job to disgraced British "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson after he was dropped by the BBC for assaulting his producer.

This TV Anchor Wore the Same Suit For a Year And Nobody Noticed

Offbeat | Associated Press | Tuesday November 18, 2014

While no one asked about his suit, people regularly commented about and criticized the outfits worn by co-host.

'Kiss of Love' Campaigners Oblige Kerala TV Channel With Preview

South | Sneha Mary Koshy | Sunday November 2, 2014

The organisers of Kerala's controversial 'Kiss of Love' event kissed each other on camera during a television debate on Friday. The anchor of the regional channel had asked Rahul Pashupalan and Rashmi to kiss in front of everyone and they accepted the challenge.

'We Have to Keep Proving Ourselves,' Says India's First Transgender TV News Anchor

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Sunday September 21, 2014

India's first transgender television news anchor Padmini Prakash is making waves in Tamil Nadu. 34-year-old Padmini presents a prime time show on Lotus News, a Tamil satellite news channel broadcast from Coimbatore.

India Gets its First Transgender TV News Anchor: Report

India News | Reuters | Friday September 19, 2014

A television news station has recruited the country's first transgender news anchor, five months after a court ruled that transgender people be recognised as a legal third gender, a newspaper reported on Friday.

Manish Paul: I Get Nervous Before Stage Appearances

Ishita Blaggan | Thursday July 17, 2014

The 32-year-old TV anchor, who will be seen hosting a show called The Science of Stupid on National Geographic channel, feels his fear prompts him to deliver his best.

TV Anchor Accidentally 'Outs' Apple CEO Tim Cook as Gay

Press Trust of India | Saturday June 28, 2014

The panel was silenced by the remark by Simon Hobbs, who then sought to correct himself, and said, "Oh dear. Was that an error?"

Geo TV, Jang Group Apologise to ISI

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 27, 2014

Geo TV network and Jang media group yesterday tendered apology to Pakistan's armed forces and the ISI for hurling allegations on its chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam over the assassination attempt on leading anchor Hamid Mir.